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To: Lane3 who wrote (13659)	10/24/2003 12:59:14 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

You seem to be suggesting that the default position is to end life when a person is in a persistent vegetative state. It is my understanding that the default position is to take all necessary measures to sustain such life, and that ending such life requires an express written directive or a court order. This is why every state that I am aware of has adopted a model form which is called, typically, a health care directive, which allows you to stipulate whether, and under what circumstances, you would want attempts to sustain life to no longer be used. Apparently in the absence of a written directive the husband was able to obtain a court order.